2 w. ago Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin residence, but Zelensky calls it ‘lies’

Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia, although it provided no evidence to back up an assertion that Kyiv dismissed as baseless and designed to undermine peace negotiations. The angry exchanges – including a statement by Russia that it was reviewing its stance in negotiations in response to the attack – dealt a new blow to prospects for peace in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump said Putin had told him about the alleged...

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2 w. ago Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin residence, but Zelensky denies it

Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence and vowed retaliation, providing no evidence for a claim Kyiv dismissed as baseless and aimed at derailing arduous peace talks. The angry exchanges between the warring neighbours on Monday – including a statement by Russia that it was reviewing its stance in negotiations in response to the attack – dealt a new blow to prospects for peace in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump said Putin had told him about...

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2 w. ago Trump says Zelensky and Putin ‘serious about peace’ in war talks sprint

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he believed the leaders of Ukraine and Russia were serious about peace as he spoke to them both in what he called the final stages of his efforts to end the war. Trump, who had promised to finish the war on day one of his presidency, said he had no deadline but is embarking on a year-end diplomatic sprint as he welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to his Florida estate. Much like when Zelensky last met Trump in October, Russian President...

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2 w. ago Trump says Zelensky and Putin ‘serious about peace’ in Ukraine war talks sprint

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met US President Donald Trump on Sunday, hoping to forge a plan to end the war in Ukraine, but the American leader’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin just before the meeting suggests obstacles to peace remain. Zelensky has said he hopes to soften a US proposal for Ukrainian forces to withdraw completely from the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, a Russian demand that would mean ceding some territory held by Ukrainian forces. Just before Zelensky...

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2 w. ago Trump predicts end to Ukraine war will be decided within ‘weeks’

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close” to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, though both leaders acknowledged that some of the thorniest details remain unresolved. The two leaders spoke at a joint press conference late Sunday afternoon after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Trump said it will be clear “in a few weeks” whether negotiations to end the war will succeed. Zelensky...

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2 w. ago Russia’s Putin warns of escalation if Ukraine rejects peace talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was in no hurry for peace and if it did not want to resolve their conflict peacefully, Moscow would accomplish all its goals by force. Putin’s remarks on Saturday, carried by state news agency Tass, followed a vast Russian drone and missile attack that prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to say Russia was showing its wish to continue the war while Kyiv wanted peace. Zelensky is to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday to...

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2 w. ago Zelensky looks to secure Ukraine peace deal at Trump meet as Russian offensive mounts

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will sit down on Sunday with Donald Trump and seek to secure the US president’s stamp of approval for a new proposal to end the nearly four-year conflict with Russia. The 20-point plan, which emerged from weeks of intense US-Ukraine negotiations, lacks Moscow’s approval, and the face-to-face in Florida comes in the wake of a massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv. The meeting, hosted by Trump at his opulent Mar-a-Lago residence, will be the pair’s...

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3 w. ago Kyiv strike shows Russia does ‘not want to end war’, Zelensky warns ahead of US talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv showed Moscow did “not want to end the war”. Zelensky made the comments ahead of his departure for talks in the United States with President Donald Trump on a plan to halt the Russian invasion. The Russians “do not want to end the war and seek to use every opportunity to cause Ukraine even greater suffering and increase their pressure on others around the world”, Zelensky said. “There have...

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3 w. ago Trump says Ukraine’s Zelensky ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’ ahead of talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expects to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday in pursuit of a deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion, though the latest comments from Moscow raise doubts about how close a final agreement really is. Zelensky told reporters on Friday that he would discuss sensitive issues with Trump including the future of the Donbas region in Ukraine’s east and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian leader said he plans to...

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3 w. ago Zelensky to meet Trump in Florida to discuss ‘90% ready’ Russia peace plan, Ukraine security

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he will meet with US President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelensky told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday’s talks, and that the 20-point plan under discussion “is about 90 per cent ready”. The announced meeting is the latest development in an extensive US-led diplomatic push to end the nearly four-year Russia-Ukraine war, but efforts have run into sharply...

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3 w. ago Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing, hours after US talks

A car bomb killed a senior Russian general in southern Moscow on Monday morning, the latest high-profile army figure to be blown up in a blast that came just hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegates held separate talks in Miami on a plan to end the war. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, 56, head of the Russian General Staff’s training department, was killed when the bomb, which had been placed under his parked car, detonated in a residential quarter of southern Moscow. “Investigators are...

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3 w. ago Russia says Putin open to Ukraine war talks with France’s Macron

Vladimir Putin is ready to talk to France’s Emmanuel Macron over the war in Ukraine, the Russian president’s spokesman said in an interview published on Sunday. Putin has “expressed readiness to engage in dialogue with Macron”, Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti. “Therefore, if there is mutual political will, then this can only be assessed positively.” Macron said this week he believed Europe should reach back out to Putin over ending the war. “I believe that it’s in our interest...

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4 w. ago Zelensky says only US can persuade Russia to end Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the United States to put more pressure on Russia to end the war, as diplomats converged on Miami for fresh talks. Zelensky also said that Washington had proposed the first face-to-face negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in half a year, but later expressed scepticism that that would help. Zelensky said that only the United States was capable of persuading Russia to end the war, and he called on Washington to increase pressure on...

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4 w. ago Putin warns West as Russia eyes more Ukrainian territory, as peace talks stall

Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday said the ball was in the court of the West and Kyiv in talks to end the war in Ukraine, while hailing Moscow’s recent battlefield gains and threatening more. Putin spoke during his annual end-of-year press conference – a staple of his 25-year rule – in which he told Russians Moscow was intent on pressing on in Ukraine, striking a confident tone. The 73-year-old has repeatedly said in recent weeks that Moscow will seize the rest of Ukrainian land he has...

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4 w. ago Ukraine diplomat in Beijing for talks; Russian attacks injure scores in southern Ukraine

Ukraine diplomat in Beijing for talks; Russian attacks injure scores in southern Ukraine  Space War News

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